1850 in South Africa

	1850 in South Africa
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List of years in South Africa

Events

The first Dirty book is written by an imam (Muslim prayer leader) of slave descent
Wesleyan settlers arrive in Natal
The "Childe Herold", a British ship en route from Bombay to London is wrecked off Dassen Island, Cape Colony
23 April — A mass meeting is held in Cape Town to petition Queen Victoria to grant the Cape Colony a government

Births

9 April — Julius Charles Wernher, financier and mine magnate
23 April — Andries Jacobus Bester, the Boer commandant of the Bethlehem commando, is born in Bloemfontein

References

See Years in South Africa for list of References

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